Dan Greenfield

This is the first hymn in Asahel Nettleton‘s Village Hymns for Social Worship (1824)– There is a God that reigns above, Lord of the heaven and earth and seas: I fear his wrath, I ask his love, And with my lips I sing his praise. There is a law which he has writ, To teach us all what Read more

I’ve been working through George Whitefield’s A Collection of Hymns for Social Worship (1758) that he prepared for the Tabernacle Congregation at London. Today’s hymn had the odd title of this post, and I didn’t have high expectations for it. Well, to turn a phrase, “Never judge a hymn by it’s title.” I couldn’t locate the Read more

Now the wall is broken down, Now the gospel is made known; Now the door is open wide, Christ for Jew and Gentile died; All who feel the weight of sin, All who languish to be clean; All who for Redemption groan, May be saved by faith alone. –Nahum Tate, 1652-1715 Read more

Dear Father, to Thy mercy-seat My soul for shelter flies; ’Tis here I find a safe retreat When storms and tempests rise. My cheerful hope can never die If Thou, my God, art near; Thy grace can raise my comforts high And banish every fear. My great Protector and my Lord, Thy constant aid impart; Read more